Visiting the Fortingall Yew in Scotland inspires and rejuvenates. What if we could sprout again after a lifetime (some 500 years for a tree) to see another millennia, another generation, another time. Standing next to a 5000 year old tree is like standing next to a teacher. May it stand for another 5000 years and […]

This local Juniper (juniperus occ. subs australis) looms like a matriarch over a community of youngsters. With the high sierra air fresh and filled with it’s aromatic gifts. My kids and I sat under it for a picnic after harvest among many juniper berries on the grassy earth. Like an ancient house the trunk had knotted […]